# US 2025/0094104 A1 · Systems and methods for production analytics monitoring and management of a printing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0094104 A1 - Document ID: US20250094104A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/883,816 - Filed: 2024-09-12 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-15 - Assignees: Entrust Corporation - Applicants: Entrust Corporation - Inventors: Brendan Hinnenkamp; Joao Matos; Rob Wilrett; Kent Landerholm - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250094104A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/1259: {Print job monitoring, e.g. job status} - G06F 3/1207: {resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission} - G06F 3/121: {Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted} - G06F 3/1222: {Increasing security of the print job} - G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method of production analytics of a printing architecture that includes one or more printing devices is provided. The method includes an operator management device retrieving printing device output data, supplies data, HSM output data, and printer functionality component data. Also, the method includes the operator management device storing the printing device output data, the supplies data, the HSM output data and the printer functionality component data. The method also includes the operator management device combining the printing device output data, the supplies data, the HSM output data and the printer functionality component data to generate one or more graphs and models regarding an overall health of the printing architecture. The method further includes a fleet management GUI displaying the one or more graphs and models on a display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: interconnecting one or more central card issuance systems with an operator management device and one or more hardware security modules (HSMs) via a network; retrieving data from each of the one more central card issuance systems, using the operator management device, the retrieved data comprising one or more of: supply data regarding a supply used by each of the one or more central card issuance systems; printer functionality component data regarding a printer functionality component included in each of the one or more central card issuance systems; retrieving from each of the one or more HSMs, using the operator management device, HSM output data; storing the retrieved data from the one more central card issuance systems and the HSM output data; using the retrieved data and the HSM output data to generate health data; and displaying the health data on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved data comprises the supply data and the printer functionality component data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the printer functionality component in each of the one or more central card issuance systems comprises a print head and the printer functionality component data comprises print head data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the printer functionality component comprises: a printer; an embosser; a laminator; a chip programming station; or a magnetic stripe station. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the supply comprises a print ribbon; an ink; a laminate; or a foil. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising interconnecting a plurality of the central card issuance systems with the operator management device via the network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising interconnecting a personalization server with the one or more central card issuance systems, the operator management device, and the one or more HSMs via the network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising incorporating the one or more HSMs as part of a primary object management site that includes a user interface, an object manager and an HSM server. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising interconnecting a secondary object management site with the one or more central card issuance systems, the operator management device, and the one or more HSMs via the network; the secondary object management site comprising a user interface, an additional HSM, and an additional HSM server. ### Claim 10 A printing architecture comprising: one or more central card issuance systems; a plurality of hardware security modules (HSMs) interconnected with the one or more central card issuance systems via a network, the HSMs are configured to perform a cryptographic operation for the one or more central card issuance systems; and an operator management device interconnected with the one or more central card issuance systems and with the HSMs via the network, the operator management device includes a fleet management graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the operator management device is configured to retrieve data from each of the one or more central card issuance systems and retrieve HSM output data from the HSMs; wherein the operator management device is also configured to store the retrieved data from each of the one or more central card issuance systems and store the retrieved HSM output data, wherein the operator management device is configured to use the retrieved data from each of the one or more central card issuance systems and the retrieved HSM output data to generate health data of the printing architecture, and wherein the fleet management GUI is configured to display the health data on a display. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The printing architecture of claim 10, wherein each of the one or more central card issuance systems includes a printer functionality component and a supply, and the retrieved data from each of the one or more central card issuance systems comprises printer functionality component data regarding the printer functionality component and supply data regarding the supply. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The printing architecture of claim 11, wherein the printer functionality component comprises: a printer; a print head; an embosser; a laminator; a chip programming station; or a magnetic stripe station. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The printing architecture of claim 11, wherein the supply comprises a print ribbon; an ink; a laminate; or a foil. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The printing architecture of claim 10, further comprising a personalization server that is interconnected with the one or more central card issuance systems, the operator management device, and the HSMs via the network. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The printing architecture of claim 10, wherein the HSMs are incorporated into a primary object management site that also includes a user interface, an object manager and an HSM server. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The printing architecture of claim 15, further comprising a secondary object management site interconnected with the one or more central card issuance systems, the operator management device, and the primary object management site via the network; the secondary object management site comprising a user interface, an additional HSM, and an additional HSM server. ### Claim 17 A method comprising: interconnecting a central card issuance system and an operator management device via a network; retrieving, using the operator management device, first supply data regarding a supply used by a first printer functionality component of the central card issuance system; retrieving, using the operator management device, second supply data regarding a supply used by a second printer functionality component of the central card issuance system; storing the first supply data and the second supply data; generating, using the operator management device, health data of the supply used by the first printer functionality component and of the supply used by the second printer functionality component; and displaying the health data on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI). ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: interconnecting a plurality of hardware security modules (HSMs) with the central card issuance system and the operator management device via the network; and retrieving, using the operator management device, HSM output data regarding each of the HSMs. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein one of the first printer functionality component and the second printer functionality component comprises: a printer; a print head; an embosser; a laminator; a chip programming station; or a magnetic stripe station. ### Claim 20 A method comprising: interconnecting one or more central card issuance system and an operator management device via a network; retrieving, using the operator management device, supplies data regarding supplies used by each of the one or more central card issuance systems; retrieving, using the operator management device, chip programming data of a chip programming component of at least one of the one or more central card issuance systems, the chip programming data including a programming speed of the chip programming component; storing the supplies data and the chip programming data; using the supplies data and the chip programming data to generate health data; and displaying the health data on a display via a graphical user interface (GUI).